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Teaching Needs An Ecosystem That Supports Evidence-based Practice. It Will Need Better Systems To Disseminate The Results Of Research More Widely, But Also A Better Understanding Of Research, So That Teachers Can Be Critical Consumers Of Evidence.

There Are Many Differences Between Medicine And Teaching, But They Have Much In Common. Both Involve Craft And Personal Expertise, Learned Through Experience; But Both Can Be Informed By The Experience Of Others.

Transparency And Detail Are Everything In Science.

If You Put Me In Charge Of The Medical Research Budget, I Would Cancel All Primary Research, I Would Cancel All New Trials, For Just One Year, And I Would Spend The Money Exclusively On Making Sure That We Make The Best Possible Use Of The Clinical Evidence That We Already Have.

If I Was Writing A Lifestyle Book It Would Have The Same Advice On Every Page, And You’d Know It All Already. Eat Lots Of Fruit And Vegetables, And Live Your Whole Life In Every Way As Well As You Can: Exercise Regularly As Part Of Your Daily Routine, Avoid Obesity, Don’t Drink Too Much, Don’t Smoke, And Don’t Get Distracted From The Real, Basic, Simple Causes Of Ill Health. But As We Will See, Even These Things Are Hard To Do On Your Own, And In Reality Require Wholesale Social And Political Changes.